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Merita King has loved the science fiction and fantasy genre in both books and movies since she was a young child. She has been greatly inspired by years of watching movies and reading books and has wanted to make a contribution to this genre for many years. Her stories all contain a strong spiritual thread as she believes that spirituality is universal and crosses all boundaries. She believes that the creative process is largely intuitive and can be very effectively blocked by too much pre-planning. “Plot lines, characters and events all come to me intuitively,” she says, “and this makes the act of writing a constant pleasure.” She lives alone in Hampshire, UK.

“Ever seen that movie, Secret Window with Johnny Depp? If ever you want to know what I’m like when I’m writing, think of that movie. That’s me, right down to the tattered bathrobe, unkempt hair and home like a hurricane victim. Everything stops when I’m writing/editing/formatting, I give it my whole attention. I would love to be one of those tidy writers, but I can’t, I’m an all or nothing gal.”

“Science fiction has been a passion for me since I was a kid, largely motivated by my mother’s love of the genre. Having grown up on a diet of Star Trek and Blake’s 7, further fuelled by my parents’ addiction to the physics of outer space, it was a foregone conclusion that I would grow up to be a sci fi nut. You are far more likely to find me watching a programme about how black holes work, than reality tv.”

“My dreams are big, and I believe that everyone should aim impossibly high. Although you might not quite reach the stars, if you just aim for the ground, you’ll only hit the ground. I believe in destiny and pre-destination, reincarnation and alternate dimensions, human life being the result of alien experimentation, and bacon as a remedy for all ills.”

“I love to laugh but a joke must be clever as well as funny to make my lips quiver. Billy Connolly and George Carlin are my comedic heroes; you can keep your custard pies and banana skins.”

“Writing has proved to be the making of me in many ways. It has forced me to upgrade my vocabulary and knowledge, and it allows my naturally observant nature to be of positive benefit. Finally, as the Autumn years of my life begin, I now have a way to get my voice heard and my inner self flying to the stars where she has always wanted to be. I invent worlds, terraform them to my own design, and populate them with people of my own imagining. I cannot change the world I live in, and I cannot leave it for somewhere more comfortable, so I invent my own and spend as much time in them as I can.”

“You are welcome to visit my universe. Take a chance and catch a flight today, you may just find you never want to return.”

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Books by Merita King

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The Lilean Chronicles: Book One ~ Redemption

A single baby, born to save a world.

Two ancient prophecies, both foretelling the extinction of a race. Two sides racing to their appointment with destiny.

A leader of men, determined to outwit the foretelling of his doom, leads his people in a sickening massacre to secure the continuation of his race.

A single man, troubled with nightmares and voices in dreams, worries for his sanity as his life crumbles around him. Alone and friendless, Vincent escapes to isolated freedom, the loneliness forcing him to succumb to the terrifying nightmares and finally, to listen to the voices in the dreams.

Many worlds away across the aching void, Farra listens to the voices in her own dreams, and embarks upon a perilous journey to bring truth and justice to one troubled soul struggling to find a purpose.

The child that is now a man must face his nemesis and end the tide of evil that laid waste his world as he took his first breath.

The voices in the dreams lead them on a journey through space and time, from world to world in a desperate struggle for truth, justice, life.

An empty cradle, a broken promise, and a desperate race across the galaxy.

A mysterious stranger brings dreadful news to Vincent and asks for his help. Determined to keep the promise he made to his spirit guide, he quickly declines.

Discovering the empty cradle, the promise is forgotten and a ripple is caused in the tide of destiny. A tiny ripple, the consequences of which far exceed anyone’s imagination, gathers strength and begins to affect those lives under its charge.

As Vincent and Farra turn their backs on the wisdom of the spirit guides, they embark upon a harrowing journey from world to world with the secretive law enforcement man. Where is Gabriel and who has taken him from their arms?

An alien world, still recovering from the ravages of war awaits their arrival, and the fight to find Gabriel.

As faces from the past reappear, Vincent discovers the links between a long and bloody conflict, a medal won for valour, and a legendary angel.

One of the worst crimes against humanity the space cop has ever witnessed.

The people of Bygora Vandos just wanted to know what was killing their trees and poisoning their soil. The mysterious Calmarin Research Station promised to do just that, but that was years ago and still there was no answer.

An unexplainable death catches the attention of the Law Enforcement Agency, and Sam Sinclair is despatched to investigate. Working undercover with his new partner Ren, they begin the slow process of working their way into the company.

Sam finds many allies amongst the local people but with his cover blown and Ren taken prisoner, he no longer knows who can be trusted. As the job reaches its explosive climax and the personal cost to Sam takes its toll, the shocking truth finally comes out.

When Sam Sinclair is called home to help solve the murder of a fellow law enforcer, he assumes the motive was revenge. Within hours, this case quickly becomes everything but straightforward. As the evidence points to deviance of the most horrific kind, they realise that a new breed of killer is stalking the streets of Sam’s home city. Fear grips the people of Alimenika and even the most hardened of criminals are terrified into silence.

A fetish is just harmless fun, until someone dies of course and as more victims come to light, Sam and his team must delve into the darkest side of man’s nature before they can hope to stop this monster’s reign of terror. Swept along by the most unsettling case of his career, the killer’s insidious influence makes Sam doubt himself as never before.

As his personal life is turned upside down, he suddenly becomes the killer’s latest plaything. Unable to free himself and battling the rising panic, the accusation of his own deviance forces him to examine his actions during those terrible four hours, almost twenty years ago.

Jake Elloway has a glittering career as one of Earth’s most celebrated vidicom movie stars and enjoys his privileged lifestyle to the full. An arrogant megalomaniac, he is handsome and talented, but selfish and indulgent.

Jake reluctantly agrees to spend three months living and working aboard an inter galactic freightliner as research for a new role, but finds few friends amongst the crew.

Life aboard the Mayan Queen quickly proves to be anything but comfortable, and when events suddenly take a dangerous turn, he realises not everyone on board is keen to protect him.

With space pirates hot on their heels, Jake and his friends make a desperate bid for freedom, and find themselves in a new and terrible nightmare.

An anthology of twenty short horror stories, designed to disturb, frighten and shock you to the core.

Just what does the cleaning woman discover when she presents herself for work at the home of the recently widowed elderly woman?

Brandy is excited when her new boyfriend asks her to come and meet his parents for the first time, but little does she know what lies in store for her up at the rambling house on the other side of the wood.

Santosh has been a fan of singer Hannah Tate for years, but a chance meeting with her quickly destroys his infatuation. Little does he know, when he vents his anger on his website, the effect those words will have on him later.

It starts out innocently enough, but soon becomes the conduit through which a monstrous horror gains entry to our world.

Harlon Drake wanted to know about his famous ancestor, but finds her difficult to track down. When he gets the chance to buy one of her paintings, his trip to the auction room turns out to be the catalyst for a horror that threatens not only his own soul, but that of every other person alive.

Two New York cops and one reclusive psychic find themselves thrust together in a perilous battle to save humanity from annihilation.

Tearan Lindo, serving soldier with the Inter-Galactic Elite Command, found himself living his when he woke up apparently alone on an empty and abandoned space ship with no memory other than his own name, age, and rank.

He soon finds that he is not alone aboard the Novosentia, but where are the other three? The friendly engineer, the haunted doctor, and the mysterious hired gun. Who are they and why can he never find them? What is causing the shadows, the noises, and the time discrepancies? Then there is the woman from the nightmares who feels so familiar. Desperate for answers, Tearan and his companions struggle to make sense of their situation.

When he stumbles upon evidence of a scientific involvement, Tearan realises he got it all wrong. They’re not survivors after all, they’re lab rats.

Angry and frightened for his future, he fights to uncover the truth.

What he discovers is more profoundly shocking than he could ever have imagined.

It is always a pleasure to be asked to give an interview or do a guest blog post. I’ve added links below, just a click away. I hope you enjoy reading them. If you would like to interview me or have me do a guest blog post, email me at merita.m.king@gmail.com

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Welcome to my universe. Here you can fly to other worlds, meet many different races of beings and live those dreams of travel across the cosmos. In my universe you can be anything you could possibly imagine.

No longer must you look to the sky and wonder "are we alone?" In my universe you have many neighbours in your galactic family.

Reach out, embrace them and let them become friends.

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